‘Spies’ expose sub-standard rental properties
Undercover renters who inspected rental homes in Victoria have found that a disturbing number still fell short of the state’s minimum standards required for such properties – especially at the…
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Now there’s a smarter way to get strata facts
Being an owner of strata property can be a bit too much to think about for anyone seeking the quiet apartment life, sipping coffee on the balcony and scrolling through…
Brush up on by-laws with this free eBook
By-laws, schmylaws! They are the strata equivalent of fire-ants – everybody’s heard about them but tends to ignore them till they bite them on the bum. Fortunately, our strata law…
Lock Up & Leave: Pompeii and circumstance
Sorrento, Italy, is one of those magical romantic names that conjures up all sorts of wishful thinking. Throw in the still active volcano of Mount Vesuvius, nearby Pompeii and the…
Statutory SM appointed but owners kept control
This is an extended Forum post from Flatchatter Stu who explains how his scheme got rid of an incompetent and borderline corrupt strata manager and replaced him with a statutory…
Forum: Statutory manager but committee stays
There’s a report on a potentially groundbreaking resolution to an all-too-common issue in the Forum this week. Up until now, in NSW, if you wanted to get rid of your…
Podcast: The end of the strata world is NOT nigh
Sometimes it feel as if we are lurching from one strata disaster to another. But then you take a second look and realise things are not as bad as they…
Barangaroo apartment plans cut down to size
Plans to build yet another high-rise apartment block at Barangaroo on Sydney Harbour have been cut down to size after the NSW Government ordered Infrastructure NSW and developer Aqualand to…
Lock Up & Leave for a true blue Aussie pub crawl
We’ve got a bit of a departure (no pun intended) from our usual Lock Up and Leave fare this week. Rather than sending you off to parts foreign, we’re buckling…
Unit buyer confidence low but help is on the way
At a time of year when we start to ponder what the next 12 months might hold, three reports outline the challenges that the apartment sector faces, the current attitudes…
How to have a party without being an animal
Every Christmas and New Year party season we remind apartment residents about the steps you can take to have a great time without ruining everyone else’s “peaceful enjoyment” of their…
Podcast: Chandler army’s 90% defects hit rate
Jimmy and Sue take time off from sunning themselves in Fiji to interview Building Commission Policy Director Angus Abadee about the war on defects